I am reading your proposal on a phone, so maybe i miised something. My main question is what problem are you trying to solve here? Regards, mctim
On 12/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am proposing a policy for Policy Development Process in the AfriNIC > service region. > > Regards, > S. Moonesamy > > Author: S. Moonesamy > Policy Affected: AFPUB-2008-GEN-001 > Date: 9 December, 2009 > > Proposal: Policy Development Process in the AfriNIC service region > > 1. Introduction > > This document describes the AfriNIC Policy Development Process (PDP). > > The policies are documented community decisions that directly > determine the rules by which AfriNIC manages and administers Internet > number resources. > > 2. Scope > > Internet number resource policies are distinctly separate from > AfriNIC general business practices and procedures. General business > practices and procedures are not within the purview of the Policy > Development Process. > > 3. Policy Development Principles > > All policies are developed by the Internet community following three > principles: openness, transparency and fairness. The community > initiates and discusses the proposals. Once the draft policy has the > consensus of the community, it is recommended to the AfriNIC Board of > Directors for adoption as a policy. > > 3.1 Openness > > All policies are developed in an open forum in which anyone may > participate. There are no qualifications for participation. > > 3.2 Transparency > > All aspects of the Policy Development Process are documented and > publicly available via the AfriNIC website. The discussions are > publicly archived. All procedures that are developed to implement > the policy are documented by AfriNIC and are publicly available. > > 3.3 Fairness > > The policies are to ensure fair distribution of resources and > facilitating the operation of the Internet. > > Actions are taken within a reasonable period of time. > > 4. Policy Development Working Group > > The Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) discusses about the > proposals. Anyone may participate via the Internet or in > person. The work is carried out through the Policy Development > Process mailing list (PDPML) and the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). > > The Policy Development Working Group may have two or more Chairs to > perform the administrative functions of the group. The Working Group > Chairs will be chosen by the community during the Public Policy > Meeting for a two-year term. The term ends during the first Public > Policy Meeting meeting corresponding to the end of the term for which > they were appointed. At the time this policy is adopted, one of the > Working Group Chairs will be appointed for a one-year term. > > If the Working Group Chair is unable to serve his or her full term, > the AfriNIC Board of Directors may, at its discretion, immediately > select a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. If the > Working Group Chairs are unable to attend the Public Policy Meeting, > the Working Group shall nominate a Chair for the session. > > 5. Policy Development Process > > Policy proposals can be submitted to the Policy Development Working > Group Chair or the Policy Development Process mailing list. AfriNIC > will provide administrative support and assist the author(s) in > drafting the proposal, if requested. AfriNIC shall also provide > relevant facts and statistics. > > 5.1 Draft Policy > > During the development of a policy, draft versions of the document > are made available for review and comment by publishing them on the > AfriNIC website. The document shall include the information > mentioned in Appendix A. Each draft policy is assigned a unique > identifier by AfriNIC. The website shall also contain the version > history and the status of all proposals. > > The draft policy shall be available for review for at least four > weeks. The author(s) shall make the necessary changes to the draft > policy according to the feedback received from the community. The > Working Group Chair(s) may request AfriNIC to provide an analysis, > technical, financial, legal or other, of the impact of the draft policy. > > 5.2 Public Policy Meeting > > The draft policy is placed on the agenda of the next Public Policy > Meeting. The agenda of the meeting shall be announced on the Policy > Development Process mailing list at least two weeks prior to the > meeting. No change can be made to a draft policy within one week of > the meeting. This is so that a stable version of the draft policy > can be considered at the meeting. The Chair(s) determines whether > rough consensus has been achieved. The draft policy may be sent back > to the Policy Development Process mailing list for discussion if > there are objections to the proposal. > > The Chair(s) shall publish the minutes of proceedings of the Public > Policy Meeting not later than three weeks after the meeting. > > 5.3 Last Call > > A final review of the draft policy is initiated by the Working Group > Chair(s) by sending an announcement to the Policy Development Process > mailing list. The Last Call period shall be at least two weeks. The > Working Group Chair(s) shall evaluate the feedback received during > the Public Policy Meeting and during this period and decide whether > consensus has been achieved. > > 5.4 Approval > > The Working Group Chair(s) shall recommend the draft policy to the > AfriNIC Board of Directors for approval if it has the consensus of > the Policy Development Working Group. The recommendation shall > include a report of the discussions during the Public Policy Meeting > and the Last Call. The AfriNIC Board of Directors may not disapprove > a draft policy, but if it has concerns about a draft policy, it may > refer it back to the Policy Development Working Group, together with > an explanation, for further work. > > 5.5 Implementation > > The adoption and implementation date of the policy is announced on > the Policy Development Process mailing list. > > 6. Conflict Resolution > > A person who disagrees with the actions taken by Chair(s) shall > discuss the matter with the Working Group Chair(s) or with the > Working Group. If the disagreement cannot be resolved in this way, > the person may file an appeal with the AfriNIC Board of > Directors. The appeal must be submitted within two weeks of the > public knowledge of the decision. The AfriNIC Board of Directors > shall issue a report on its review of the complaint to the Working > Group. The AfriNIC Board of Directors may direct that the Chair(s) > decision be annulled if the Policy Development Process has not been > followed. > > Anyone who has attended at least two of the last ten AfriNIC meetings > may request the recall of a Working Group Chair at any time, upon > written request with justification to the AfriNIC Board of > Directors. The Board shall appoint a Recall Committee comprising > five persons from the Working Group, excluding the person requesting > the recall and the Working Group Chairs, using a random selection > process. The Recall Committee shall investigate the circumstances of > the justification for the recall and determine the outcome. > > 7. Varying the Process > > The process outlined in this document may vary in the case of an > emergency. Variance may be requested by the AfriNIC Board of > Directors and is for use when a one-time waving of some provision of > this document is required. There must be an explanation about why > the variance is needed. The review period, including the Last Call, > shall not be less than four weeks. If the AfriNIC Board of Directors > adopts the policy, it must be presented at the next Public Policy > Meeting for reconsideration. > > Appendix A: Draft Policy Template > > The Draft Policy shall include: > > 1. Unique identifier (assigned by AfriNIC) > > 2. Draft Policy Name > > 3. Author(s) > (a) Name > (b) Email address > > 4. Draft Policy Version > 5. Submission Date > 6. Changes to existing policies (updates, obsoletes) > 7. Summary of proposal > 8. Proposal > > _______________________________________________ > rpd mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd > -- Sent from my mobile device Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." 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